Attachable upholstery for vehicle bodies



March 2 1926. P. E. BRENEMAN ATTACHABLE UPHOLSTERY FOR VEHICLE BODIES Original Filed Sept. 20, 1920 WE 3mm fa 1/ Z l'firenewran Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITE STAT 1,574,866 GFFICE- PAUL E. BRENEMAN, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO 0. R. WILSON BODY COM- PARTY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

ATTACHABLE UPHOLSTERY FOR VEHICLE BODIES.

Application filed September 20, 1920, Serial No. 411,457.. Renewed. October 31, 1922. Serial No. 598,178.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL E. BRENEMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of VVayneand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachable Upholstery for Vehicle Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to attachable upholstery for vehicle bodies, and has partioular reference to the construction of means for quiekl securing the upholstery units so to prevent accidental disengagement thereof. The invention consists in the construction of a finished rail and a means for attaching the same as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a portion of a demountable body showing the upholstery attached; I

Figure 2 is a similar view with the upholstery removed;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the retaining strap for the wood inserts;

Figure 4 is a cross-section through oneof the inserts in engagement with said strap.

A is the body and as shown the back panel of the seat. B is a flange at the upper end of the panel A, which extends laterally therefrom and terminates in an upturned flange C. D is the back cushion or .other upholstery unit, the lower end of which engages a retaining flange E on the seat pan F.

To hold the unit in place there is provided an attachable rail G, which engages the outer end of the flange B and preferably has a return-bent flange H for embracing the upturned flange C. To secure this rail G there are provided at intervals along the flange B a series of pockets for wood inserts I. These may be formed by straps J, which are riveted or otherwise secured to the flange C, as indicated in Figure 4. K are prongs, preferably formed on the strap J, and which may be bent to retain the blocks from disengagement with the pockets.

1th the construction as described, the body may be enameled before the engagement of the wooden inserts therewith, thereby preventing the contraction of the wood by baking in the enameling oven. The inserts I are then placed in the pockets and are secured by bending over the prongs K.

The rail G is then secured by wood screws L which pass through the rail and into the wooden inserts. The rail also has the en gagement of the return-bent flange H with the upturned flange C, so that the only stress upon the wood screws is to hold the rail from disengagement with said flange.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a vehicle body and an attachable upholstery unit therefor, retaining means for said unit comprising an attachable rail, pockets formed on said body, wood inserts in said pockets, and securing members for said rail engaging said wood inserts.

2. A securing means for attachable upholstery units comprising a body member having a series of pockets formed therein, wood inserts'engageable with said pockets subsequentto the enameling of the body,

and a retaining rail secured to said body by means engaging said wooden inserts.

3. A securing means for attachable upholstery units, comprising a body member having a flange thereon and a series of pockets formed adjacent to said flange, wood inserts engageable with said pockets subsequent to the enameling of the body, means for holding said inserts from disengagement, a rail engageable with said flange and forming a retaining means for the attachable upholstery unit, and securing means passing through said rail and into engagement with said wood inserts.

4. A securing means for attachable upholstery units, comprising a body member having a flange, a securing rail for the unit engaging said flange, a strap secured to said flange, a wood insert in the pocket formed by said strap, and means for retaining said rail in engagement with said flange, comprising a member passing through the rail into the wood insert.

5. A securing means for attachable up: holstery units, comprising a body member, a flange thereon, a strap secured to said flange forming a pocket, a wood insert in said pocket, a bendable prong upon said strap for retaining said wood insert, a rail engageable with said flange, and fastening means for said rail engageable with said wood insert.

6. The combination with a cushion member and a body member engaged thereby, of a pocket secured marginally to said body member and-projecting adjacent an edge face of the cushion member, a retaining-rail for the cushion member, a fastening element engaging said rail, and an anchorage element" for said fastening in said'pocket.

7. The combination with a cushion member and a body member engaged thereby, a flange projecting marginally from said body member adjacent an edge face of said cushion member, an anchorage block, means securing said block to said flange, airetaining rail for the cushion member and a fastening independent of said securing means securing said rail to said anchorage block. i

8.- The combination with a cushion member and a body member flanged to project above said cushion member, a rail interlocked with said projectingflange and'thereby holding the cushion member against the body member, an anchorage member upon said flange, and means fastening said rail to said anchorage member, maintaining said inter-locking connection.

9. The combination with a cushion member and a body member engaged thereby, said body member having a flange projecting above the cushion member and having an upturned margin, a rail inter-locked with said upturned margin to hold the cushion member against the body member, an anchorage member upon said flange, and means fastening said rail to said anchorage member to maintain said inter-locking connection.

1.0. The combination with a vehicle body panel having a marginal flange with an upturned edge portion, of a detachable upholstery unit engaging said panel beneath said flange, and a retaining rail for said unit havinga portion extending above said flange returnbent to embrace the upstanding portion 01" the flange and having a portion extending below said flange into retaining engagement with said unit.

11. The combination with a body member and a rail interlocked with said body member and forming therewith an inverted chan nel, of anchorage means secured to said body member within said channel, spaced securing connections between the rail and said anchorage means, and a cushion member marginally detachably engageable in said channel.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature PAUL E. BRENEMAN. 

